Shipping News

Currently loading at Granton, the two ton Bermudan rigged sloop, Ouzel. Passengers wishing to embark for Capernaum Pier, Brucehaven, will find her a commodious and well founded vessel, plentifully supplied with victuals, wine and spirits. The Master, well acquainted with the islets of the Forth, plans to weigh anchor at 8:30 in the morning and then to make way on the ebb to the Isle of Inchkeith. There, passengers can alight and follow in the footsteps of Jas. Boswell and Samuel Johnson and observe, as they noted, luxuriant thistles and nettles, and many features of archaeological import.
With a fair wind forecast, and rising barometer, a speedy passage to Brucehaven is anticipated. The nearby village of Limekilns is rightly famed for the hospitality of the inhabitants and the purity of its waters which find their way into the celebrated local ales.